Dell PowerProtect Data Manager vs Azure Site Recovery

Dell PowerProtect Data Manager9.0Visit Azure Site Recovery8.7Visit

Higher score Dell PowerProtect Data Manager #4 in Backup and Disaster Recovery Software 9.0/10 Pricing on request · 90-day trial Free trial✓ 0 of 3 features Visit Dell

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Azure Site Recovery #7 in Backup and Disaster Recovery Software 8.7/10 31-day trial Free trial✓ 0 of 3 features Visit Microsoft

• Dell PowerProtect Data Manager fits best

  Enterprise backup with Kubernetes and cloud DR

• Azure Site Recovery fits best

  Azure and VMware failover orchestration

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Side by side

Feature	Dell PowerProtect Data Manager 9.0/10 Visit ↗	Azure Site Recovery 8.7/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.0	8.7
Ranking	#4 in Backup and Disaster Recovery Software	#7 in Backup and Disaster Recovery Software
Best for	Enterprise backup with Kubernetes and cloud DR	Azure and VMware failover orchestration
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Pricing on request · 90-day trial	—
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	90 days	31 days
Free trial length	90 days	31 days
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud
Platforms	Web, Linux	Web
Support	Live chat, Tickets, Community, Docs · 24/7	Tickets, Email, Phone, Live chat, Community, Docs
Integrations	14 integrations	8 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Dell PowerProtect Data Manager 0/3 · Azure Site Recovery 0/3
Immutable backups	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Recovery orchestration	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Ransomware recovery	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
Deployment model	Not checked yet	Hybrid
Protected workloads	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Maximum retention	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Protects VMs, files, physical systems, applications, and Kubernetes Immutable retention locking supports governance- and compliance-mode backups Cloud DR, replication, and recovery orchestration broaden recovery options	Sequenced recovery plans support multi-tier application failover. Continuous replication covers Azure, VMware, Hyper-V, and physical workloads. Test failover, failback, and runbook integration support recovery drills.
Cons	Pricing requires a sales quote rather than a published software price Deployment spans appliances, existing infrastructure, or supported public clouds Advanced scope may exceed the needs of teams seeking simple backup	Post-trial pricing is shown as $-/month per protected instance. Storage, transactions, data transfer, and compute may add charges. The service is available through the web platform only.
Our verdict	Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is software-defined data protection for physical, virtual, cloud, and application workloads. It centralizes backup policy management, scheduling, recovery, replication, monitoring, and governance across… Read the review →	Azure Site Recovery is a managed disaster recovery service for organizations protecting Azure, VMware, Hyper-V, physical, Azure Stack, and AWS Windows workloads. It supports replication between Azure regions, from on-premises environments… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Dell PowerProtect Data Manager — where it wins

  • Protects VMs, files, physical systems, applications, and Kubernetes
  • Immutable retention locking supports governance- and compliance-mode backups
  • Cloud DR, replication, and recovery orchestration broaden recovery options

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires a sales quote rather than a published software price
  • Deployment spans appliances, existing infrastructure, or supported public clouds
  • Advanced scope may exceed the needs of teams seeking simple backup

• Azure Site Recovery — where it wins

  • Sequenced recovery plans support multi-tier application failover.
  • Continuous replication covers Azure, VMware, Hyper-V, and physical workloads.
  • Test failover, failback, and runbook integration support recovery drills.

  Where it doesn't

  • Post-trial pricing is shown as $-/month per protected instance.
  • Storage, transactions, data transfer, and compute may add charges.
  • The service is available through the web platform only.

• Dell PowerProtect Data Manager9.0/10 · Pricing on request · 90-day trial

  Broad enterprise protection with Kubernetes, immutable retention, and cloud disaster recovery.

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• Azure Site Recovery8.7/10 · 31-day trial

  A broad disaster recovery service for Azure, VMware, and hybrid failover orchestration.

  Visit MicrosoftFull verdict →